Public water system · CO0215204
ActiveBig B'S Delicious Orchards
At a glance
Big B'S Delicious Orchards (PWSID CO0215204) is an active transient non-community water system in Delta County, Colorado. It reports serving 77 people through 14 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2022.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
77
Service connections
14
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Big B'S Delicious Orchards compare with other water systems in Delta County?
By EPA's size categories, Big B'S Delicious Orchards is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Delta County has 42 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 660 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 27,718 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Colorado, the 2,207 active systems average 3,400 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Big B'S Delicious Orchards is about half of that figure.
What does “transient non-community water system” mean?
A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Colorado has 956 active transient non-community water systems, 43% of the state's 2,207 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 1,437 Colorado systems (65%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Big B'S Delicious Orchards?
EPA lists Big B'S Delicious Orchards as privately owned. The CO state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 30 of the 42 active systems in Delta County (71%) are also privately owned.
Does Big B'S Delicious Orchards have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2022. The violations listed here began between August 2019 and July 2022. By type: 1 monitoring and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminants or rules involved are Revised Total Coliform Rule and E. coli. EPA lists 2 as resolved. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Resolved |
| 2019-08-09 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34 | E. colicode 3014 | No | Resolved |
All 2 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.
Big B'S Delicious Orchards: frequently asked questions
Who runs Big B'S Delicious Orchards?
Big B'S Delicious Orchards (PWSID CO0215204) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the CO state drinking water program.
How many people does Big B'S Delicious Orchards serve?
Big B'S Delicious Orchards reports serving 77 people through 14 service connections in Delta County, Colorado.
Where does Big B'S Delicious Orchards get its water?
EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.
Does Big B'S Delicious Orchards have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2022. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.
Is Big B'S Delicious Orchards' water safe to drink?
AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2022. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the CO state drinking water program.
Where can I find Big B'S Delicious Orchards' water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Big B'S Delicious Orchards is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.
Other water systems in Delta County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta City of | Delta | 8,700 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Orchard City Town of | Delta | 3,100 | Community | Groundwater under influence of surface water |
| Upper Surface Creek Domestic Wua | Delta | 2,800 | Community | Surface water |
| Paonia Town of | Delta | 2,499 | Community | Groundwater under influence of surface water |
| Cedaredge Town of | Delta | 2,400 | Community | Surface water |
| Hotchkiss Town of | Delta | 2,050 | Community | Surface water |
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About this data
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: AquaCensus, “Big B'S Delicious Orchards, PWSID CO0215204, Colorado”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/colorado/big-b-s-delicious-orchards-co0215204 (data as of October 1, 2026).